Crème à la Choisy (Cream of Lettuce Soup)

Ingredients

• 750 grammes lettuces
• 100 grammes butter
• 1 litre sauce Béchamel
• 1 decilitre white Consommé (or milk)
• Cream
• Small croûtons
• Chervil pluches

Instructions

1. Blanch 750 grammes of lettuces, refresh them and press them.
2. Shred them coarsely and stew them with 100 grammes of butter.
3. Add them to 1 litre of sauce Béchamel and finish the cooking gently.
4. Pass through the étamine.
5. Bring to point with 1 decilitre of white Consommé, or milk.
6. Heat without letting it boil, and add cream at the last moment.
7. Garnish with small diced croûtons fried in butter and chervil pluches.